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THE RUE A tv NEW-YORKER 
April 2." 
PUBLISHER’S DESK 
My wife’s uncle, an old man now living 
with 11 s. about eight years ago invested 
his savings, $500, in the “Taunton Safe 
Deposit Co.," of Boston, Mass. They sent 
him a certificate and he drew four divi¬ 
dends in two years, then they requested 
him to return his certificate and they 
would send him a bond. The bond is of the 
Massachusetts Security Company, interest 
payable February and August, at the office 
of the International Trust Co.. Boston. 
They paid the old man one dividend and he 
never heard from them since. The bond 
was given 1002. Is there any chance of 
his getting his money back? n. F. 
Massachusetts. 
The only asset they have is good 
will, which they value at $99,700. The 
results of our investigation of such cases 
are simply sickening. We cannot report 
one in ten that we look up. hut the dis¬ 
couraging part of it is that similar new 
propositions of the same kind receive 
serious consideration from day to day 
by poor people with small savings. We 
fear there is absolutely no chance of 
this old man ever getting a cent hack. 
The Massachusetts Security Company 
has an authorized capital stock of $100,- 
000. The treasurer was in a company 
that failed in 1903, and the failure was 
severely criticised at the time. They de¬ 
cline to give any statement, but are doing 
practically no business, and are not in a 
position to ask credit. 
Find enclosed a pamphlet received from 
the Sterling Debenture Corporation. This 
is not the first that I have received. It; 
reads well and looks like a good invest¬ 
ment : can you inform me if they are 
reliable, and would you advise me to in¬ 
vest in the enterprise? I have great faith 
in your advice, ns i believe you are doing 
a great good in showing up the many 
frauds in (lie country. Please inform me 
what you think about them. -Would you 
risk $100 with them? J. H. b. 
Connecticut. 
We have been obliged to decline en¬ 
dorsement of several enterprises promot¬ 
ed by Sterling Debenture Corporation. 
This particular proposition refers to the 
Oxford Linen Mills stocks, to which we 
have previously referred. They tell us 
that they have recently bought a mill at 
North Brookfield, Mass., and that it is 
now being operated, but they do not give 
any information either in their prospec¬ 
tus or in their letter to us that would 
justify an investment in the stock of the 
company. The company is organized 
with an authorized capital stock of 
$2,000,000, which is reported as wholly 
represented by patents and contracts. Tt 
is claimed, however, that a portion of 
the stock has been placed in the treas¬ 
ury, and it is also stated that the com¬ 
pany has recently been short of ready 
funds. We have no wish to discredit 
the enterprise in any way. Tl may have 
a good prospect before it, and it may be 
successful in the future, but we would 
prefer to see the promoters develop it 
and take the risk with their own capital 
rather than with the savings of farmers, 
and we would insist on some more tan¬ 
gible assets for the amount of stock is¬ 
sued and a more definite showing of 
assets and liabilities before we would 
even consider an investment in this or 
any other concern. None of our friends 
will risk $100 or any other amount in 
this stock with our consent. Our advice 
would be decidedly against it. 
fan you give anv Information concerning 
tlie reliability of the Twin Falls Northside 
Land and Water Co., of Milner, Idaho. 
They also have offices in Pittsburg, Pa., 
Bank for Savings Building, and 1.221 First 
National Bank Building, Chicago. 
New Jersey. SUBSCRIBER. 
The standing of this company is such 
that if they owe you money you can at 
the present time collect it, and it would 
be reasonably safe to extend them credit. 
Tt is incorporated for the purpose of 
irrigation in the State of Idaho. \ he 
authorized capital stock is $500,000. 
They are reported to meet their obliga¬ 
tions promptly, but they decline to give 
any information that would show the 
standing of the company, and invest¬ 
ment in its stocks or securities could 
not be advised. 
Mv husband took 100 shares in the 
Washburn Mining Company. Boulder. Colo., 
said to be worth a dollar a share, in 1900, 
and lias not heard one word from them 
since. We have decided to ask you to look 
Diem up. The certificate is a fine appear¬ 
ing one. W. M. II. 
Pennsylvania. 
This is simply a mining scheme in 
process of development. The company 
seems to own or control a large tract 
of land. It is reported that they are 
trying to develop a gold mine, but as 
yet have taken out very little ore. The 
promoters are not well known locally. 
There seems to be no complaint as to 
payments of accounts, but the properties 
are being only developed and the results 
are a speculation for the future. The 
only thing this party can do is probably 
to hold the beautifully printed certifi¬ 
cate, but we would advice other in¬ 
vestors to seek something more definite 
as a source of income. 
Enclosed find booklet of Wisconsin Rub¬ 
ber Company. A friend has bought stock 
and advises me to Invest. The plan looks 
well, and if it is as good a place to invest 
as it looks I would like to put in some 
money so my heirs can reap a benefit. 
Please advise me what to do. d. s. 
New York. . 
The purpose of this scheme is said to 
be to develop Mexican land, and you 
are asked to put in money on some sort 
of a co-operative scheme. We are frank 
to say that the plan does not look well 
to us at all, at least Tor no one except 
the promoters. Our judgment is that 
if you ever want to see your money 
again or to get any benefit from it, you 
had better not put it into any such prop¬ 
osition. It docs not offer even the ad¬ 
vantage of a fair gamble. 
The Model Poultry Company, of Buf¬ 
falo, N. Y., is in financial trouble. A 
petition for bankruptcy was filed against 
the company last month. The stock of 
the company was advertised extensively 
some two years ago, and is probably 
quite broadly distributed. 
Wc have been approached to soil bonds 
of 1 Do Underwriter Realty and Title Com¬ 
pany, 1 Madison Avenue, New York. Are 
these bonds a first-class investment? I 
could sell them but if they are not A1 I 
do not want to touch them, for I do not 
want to recommend anyone to purchase a 
bond that is not gilt edge ns a security. 
Will you answer this through the columns 
of your paper? a reader. 
New York. 
We understand that this company 
holds some mortgages on New York 
City real estate. If such mortgages are 
secured by bonds, and the property 
mortgaged is well located, and does not 
cover more than 70 or 75 per cent of 
the actual value of the property, then 
the bonds and mortgages would be a 
first-class investment. We know no bet¬ 
ter security than properly placed mort¬ 
gages on Borough of Manhattan, New 
York City real estate. The bonds of the 
company itself, however, which are for 
sale are the so-called debenture bonds 
which are nothing more or less than an 
acknowledgment that the company owes 
a certain sum of money on which it 
proposes to pay a certain rate of inter¬ 
est, and which it agrees to liquidate at 
the end of a certain fixed period. The 
so-called debenture bonds issued by this 
and other companies are not their bonds 
to secure the payment of mortgages on 
real estate. In reality they amount to 
the same thing as a receipt for money 
or promissory note or other acknowl¬ 
edgment of debt. If the company is 
strong, and you arc sure that It will re¬ 
main so until the maturity of the bond, 
then it is safe enough, but bonds of this 
kind are not regarded as gilt edge se¬ 
curities nor can they be called a first- 
class investment. 
The information in this department is 
one of the most expensive in the paper. 
It frequently costs us several dollars to 
look up a single item. Then the use of 
the department to enforce the square 
dea 1 requires a great deal of time and 
wo' k. The great majority of such com¬ 
plaints are settled satisfactorily and 
there is then no need to refer to them. 
Last week three checks were returned 
to our people from concerns which 
would pay no attention to the complaints 
until we told them plainly that further 
delay would result in a plain statement 
of the transaction in these columns. 
They have to be hardened wretches if 
such argument does not appeal to them. 
Our people often ask us to send in a 
bill for such service. We have no bill 
for it. We are glad to do the service. 
Alt’ we ask is that you use the little en¬ 
velopes and send in the subscriptions of 
your neighbors for a year or even 10 
weeks. We are not saving of the little 
envelopes. We will send you all you 
can distribute. How many do you 
want? j. j. d. 
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ODEL MONEY 
MAKERS 
Poultry is a profit¬ 
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farms where 
Model Incuba- UMH 
tore and Brooders are used. If you are ' 
not making big money on your chick¬ 
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357 Henry St„ Buffalo, N. Y. 
-SHEL SOLUBLE GRIT 
Bright, shining, 
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_ y sharp. Increases diges¬ 
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egg-shell. Send 50c for 100 ID. bag. 
Booklet “Hen-Dyspepsia” and big sam¬ 
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TO SEND FOR 
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Supplies. Write today. United Incubator & Poultry 
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DR. HESS 
Poultry PAN-A-GE-A 
Think how exactly contrary to na¬ 
ture is the condition of a lien shut in 
a house or closed run. Is it a wonder 
she mopes about, lazy, sickly, unpro¬ 
ductive? Give the food elements 
nature meant her to have — make 
digestive organs work as nature in- 
fended them to work and your lien 
is healthy, happy and productive 
Dr. LLess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a 
takes care of the digestion. 
Brooders of high-class Singlo 
and Rose Comb White l.eg. 
horns. White Wyaudottes, Wn- 
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It gives a natural condition 
to the lieu when every surrounding 
is unnatural. 
It makes perfect digestion—tones 
and strengthens the system and wards 
ofif disease. Leading ponltrymen en¬ 
dorse Poultry Pan-a-ce-a. it is the 
prescription of Dr. Hess (M. D.,D.V.S.) 
and is a guaranteed egg producer, 
makes chickens grow fast and helps 
old fowls to fatten. Costs but a penny 
a day for 30 hens. 
SOLD ON A WRITTEN GUARANTEE. 
1H nlaii of express. 40c f Excepe 
5 lbs. 60c: 12 lbs. $1.25 , w 
25 lb. pall, $2.50 ( WEST / * N0 i0UTH< 
Send 2c for Dr. Hess 48-pago Poultry Book, 
free. 
DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland,Ohio 
Instant Louse Killer Kills Lice. 
R 
1101)1! ISLAND WIIITKS-Kxcellent layers; 
eggs $1 per 15. Geo. Bowmsn, Bsperanoe, N. Y. 
My Single Comb RHODE ISLAND HKDS 
won ribbons this year at Scranton, Easton, 
Philadelphia. Eggs for hatidling 12 cents each. 
DOCTOR W. R. FISHER, Swiftwator, Pa. 
RARY fiHirifS 85,000 Rhode Island Rod 
DHD I uniUlxo 1 iaby chicks at 150 each, $15 
per 100. No better stock; own CHICAGO KING, 
the best Red in the world. 10,000 Barred Rocks, 
Black Minorcns, and Leghorn chicks at 100 each, 
$10 per 100. Buff Orpington chicks 250 each. Other 
varieties, exhibition stock, eggs for hatching. Ship 
chicks safely 1500 miles. Order now for April & M ay 
delivery. CORNISH FARMS, Kdwardsburg, Mich 
C C. BUFF MINOROAS, originated by me; 
well up to standard requirements; golden huff 
in color; prolific, layers of largest white eggs; 
make money by handling this grand, new variety. 
Eggs $10 for hi. S C. White Minorcns, blue ribbon 
winners. Eggs $2.50 for 13. ,1. V. BOSS, 
105 Equitable Building, Baltimore, Md. 
RHODE ISLAND REDS 
Greatest layers on earth. Hardy, 
Prolific. Farm-bred Birds from the 
original Tripp-Macomber stock, 
for sale at moderate prices. 
WALTER SHERMAN, 
25 Boulevard, Newport, It.I. 
I have also Buff. Golden, White 
and Sliver Wyaudottes; White, 
Barred, Buff and Black Rocks; 
Brown, Wtiite and Buff Leghorns; 
Black Minorcns and Javas, Light Brahmas. “Kggs 
to Hatch" from all above kinds, at lue. each. 
R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS. 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Mating list, giving description of nil 1 ens.sonton re¬ 
quest. SINCLAIR SMITH .8025th St.,Brooklyn,N.Y 
IK CfiflC $1,60 for $3, from large, heavy, vig- 
■ LUUi) orous farm-raised WHITE YUAN- 
DOTTES & It A Kit Fl> l>. ROCKS. PEKIN 
DUCKS,11 eggs$l. Cir.free. E.Schieber.Bucyrus.O 
B HOOKSIDE POULTRY FARM — Stock 
bred for beauty and utility. K. C. It. Island 
Reds, $1.60 per 16; $(! per 100; 8. C. White Leghorns, 
$1 per 15, $5 per 100: It. C. White Minorcns $2 per 18. 
_U. K. SLITER, Union, N. Y. 
PUGS FOK HATCHING, tl, If,; $1.76,80; 83.26, 60; $0,100, 
W. P. ltocka, S. C. Mifl' Orpingtons, 8. (’. W. LokIioi-iis. 
It* C. It. I. Hulls. From vigorous farm raised stock. Satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. Fit ED it. KKBNKV, Lacey vine, Pn. it. D. 37. 
E xcelsior poultry farm s o k.i. Reds, 
S.O.W. Leghorns; Eggs for hutching $1 per 15, $6 
per 100. fill. Jt ltOENSEN & SONS, Itox 48, Wortendyko, N. 4 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
S. (3. White and Brown Leghorns, White Plymouth Hocks Singlo 
Oomb Rhode Island Eods,$l per Betting. 76* fertility guaranteed 
Pay old chicks, ir.c each. A. A. VAN WIK, Schenectady, N. Y 
A FEW large, vigorous, farm-raised Barred Ply- 
mouth Rock and S. 0. Brown Leghorn Cock¬ 
erels. Just tlio birds for utility and crossing, 
$3.01) fancy brooders; our best stock $5.00 each. 
Grove Hill Poultry Yards, Box 804, Waltham, Mass. 
FfifiQ $1 per 15; $2 per 40, from thoroughbred 
luuo Brahmas, Rocks, Wyaudottes,Reds and Leg¬ 
horns; Vi var.; cat. S. K. Mohr, Coopers burg, l’a. 
B UFF, WIi. I-okIhmiih, Bgga 7r.c. per 16, $1.25 per 30 ; 8. 0. It. T. 
lied Kggs 90c. per 15, $1.50 per 80: Mettled Ancona Bgga,$1.00 
per 15, $1.75 per 30; cat. tree. JOHN A. BOTH, qiiBkei town.Pu. 
DUFF ORPINGTONS - Eggs $1.00 per 13. 
u U. R. WOOSTER, Lysauder, N. Y. 
B uff Orpingtons S. Comb, 16 eggs $1.00; 100, $6.00. White 
Holland Turkeys, $2.60 per setting. Stock Large and Hardy. 
All have free range. W. A. LOTHKH8, Peru Lack, Pa. 
'THOROUGHBRED POULTRY-Best20 varie- 
* ties. Good stock. Fresh eggs, 15. $1; 4(1, $2. 
Catalogue. Henry K. Mohr, Rt. 3, Quukertown, Pa. 
V an Alstyne’sS.C-R.I. REDS—Eggs for hatch¬ 
ing $0 per 100. Send stamp for catalog of breed¬ 
ing pens. E. Van Alstyno & Son, Kiudernopk, N. Y. 
Pekin Ducks 
and ... .. 
WhitP I po-hfirnc and Barred pit mouth Rocks. 
II HUG LG&IIUI HO Genuine Japanese bred and Im¬ 
perial Pekin Ducks. Blue ribbon winners, Madison 
Square Garden, December, 1907. Hen eggs from 
prize matings, our very best stock. $3.00 for 13; 
$15.00 per 100. High-class fertility stock, specially 
bred to produce fertile eggs. $1.50 for 13; $fi.00 per 
100, in any quantity. All (dear eggs replaced free 
if returned express prepaid. Imperial Pekin Duck 
Eggs $1.50 per setting, $8 00 per 100, $75.00 per 1,000; 
Japanese breed. $15.00 per 100: $3.00 persetting of 10. 
Eighty pens. 2,000 layers. Cypher’s authorized 
agent for this section. B <> N N I K H R A E 
POULTRY FARM, New Rochelle, N. Y. 
-■- 
QINL 1 !? T have produced more winners than 
iJHiY aIV lOOO (lll y 0 th er t wo breeders. Stock 
line bred from Prize Winners. Eggs, $5 per 12, 
$10 per 36. 80$ fertility guaranteed. S. C. Wh. & 
Br. Leghorns, S. & R. C. Reds, Wh. & Bar. Rocks, 
Buff, Blk. & Wh. Orpingtons, Wh. & Buff Wyan- 
dottes, Bik. Minoreas, Lt. Brahmas, Blk. & Wh. 
Laugshans. Elm Poultry Yards, B.Y, Hartford,Ct. 
Efe's for Hatching S” angL'iR; 
setting; K. C. Rhode Island Reds, high laying 
strain. $1.50 setting. Also White Welsh Onion 
Seed, best for early spring bunching, $1.00 per lb. 
_T. GREINER. La Salle, X. Y, 
EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
Rose Comb R. I. Reds; most successful prize- 
winning strains. Heavy winter layers. The cold 
Jan., ’07 our 250 bens and pullets laid 238 doz. Wo 
have found them best paying breed. Eggs $1.00 per 
15; $5.00 per 100. From selected pens $2.00 per 15. 
Cir. J. I. Parent & Pro., Ballston Spa.N Y.R.F.D.2 
EGGS FOR HATCHING 
R. I. Reds, Wh. Wyan’t’s, Leghorns, Rocks, Pektn 
Ducks, 15 for 75c. ami up. Catalogue free. MAPLE 
COVE POULTRY YARDS, R, I), 24, Athens, Pn. 
SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS~ a p n u d re ex C r lb 
lent, layers. $1.00 per 30 eggs; $2.25 per 50, and $4.00 
per 100. PETER C. LITTLE, R.D. No.l, Homo, Pa. 
S. C. White LEGHORNS Exclusively] 
Eggs from selected stock bred to lay. $1 per 15; 
$5 per 100. Satisfaction guaranteed. I). F. 
ARNOLD, Burlington Flats, N. Y. R. F. I). No. 
S, 0, W, LEGHORNS ialiSS 
selected and bred for egg production. Prices on 
application. WHITE & RICE, Yorktown, N. Y. 
S. G. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Got our free Catalog. Eggs $1.25 per 15; $5 100; 
$-U) 1000. WOODBINE FARM, Hnrtstown, Pn. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS, 
winners at N. Y. State Fair; Trios, $5.00. Eggs for 
hatching from heavy layers, $1.00 for 15, $5.00 for 
100. Catalog free. C. 11. Zimmer. Weedsport, N. Y. 
S. C Brown and Blanchard strain S. C. White 
Leghorn pullets, farm raised, prolific layers, 
$1 each ; Eggs $1 per setting. HIGHLAND 
POULTRY FARMS, R. D. 79. chicora. Pa. 
S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS KS 
ed Hons. Have been breeding Brown Leghorns for 
fourteen years. Eggs, $1 per 15, or$5per 100. J. A. 
BUSH, R. No. 10, Lockport, Niagara Co. Now York. 
DOSE COMB BR. LEGHORN EGGS for hatching 
from selected matings of excellent laying strain. 
$1 for 15, $5 per 100. A. 8. BRIAN, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. 
Columbian Wyandottes 6 W. Leghorns 
Eggs and stock. Wyaudottes $1.50per setting; Leg¬ 
horns $1 00, $4.00 per 100. C. A. Hall, Oak Hill,N.Y. 
MAPLE VILLA POULTRY YARDS. Brooder of all varieties 
of Fancy Poultry and Water Fowls. Guarantee 
satisfaction. W. G. Moshkk, Sylvunia, Pa. 
A bsolutely stay-white Wyan¬ 
dotte EGGS, 15, $1; 100, $5. Guarantee 
75 per cent fertile, and satisfied customers. 
W. E. SHOEMAKER, Laceyville. Pa. 
QOLDEN ROl) POULTRY YARD- 
Pure Bred Buff Plymouth Rock eggs for sale 
at 75c. per setting of 15: $4 per 100. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. Howard Sutton, Fairmount, N. J. 
Wild A? M am m o tl i BRONZE TURKEYS 
find leading varieties of Poultry. We make a specialty of Tur* 
kej i ;gs for hatching. Prices low. Handsome Catalog frse. 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM, R.No.1 1 .Bollevillo.Pa. 
Giant Strain Bronze Turkey Eggs, 
$3 per 10. W. Wyandotte and R.I.Red eggs,$ I per 15. 
Stock bred for utility. 11.-I. Van Dyke,Gettysburg, Pa 
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS, $1.00 per setting. 
* No finer stock. S. F. GRIFFITH, Marietta, 0. 
MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCKS^ 1 :® 
Rods and S. C. White Leghorns, 15, $1; 100, $5. 
• GEt), W. DkRIDDER, Ballston Spa, N. V. 
WHITE HOLLAND TURKEYS 
ROCK HOLLAND FARM,Stone Kidge.N. V. 
BLACK ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE LEGHORNS. 
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION. 
ENTERPRISE POULTRY YARDS 
No. 30, Ridgefield, Conn. 
FflR CAI E—Buff Wyandotte Eggs, 75c. for 15; 
run OHLL $4.00 for 109. CHAS. I. MILLER, 
_R. F. D. No. 1. Hudson, N. Y. 
E««» -Nelson’s famous 250 egg strains of Barred 
Hocks and Brown Leghorns, $1 por 15. Also 
Collie Pups. NELSON BROS., Grove City, Pa. 
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